Re: [xml-dev] Re: GET vs POST

Didier PH Martin wrote:
> 
>...
> You're right the only best solution that could resolve this "prisoners
> dilemma" is some cooperation between the provider and the client and
> therefore to standardize the interface and the returned format. However, the
> current trend between both the client and the providers is a state of
> "non-cooperation" between them. SOAP just re-enforce this issue and URL with
> param list cannot help too unless, all the providers in the same service
> class agree on a certain interface. 

I agree that REST does not solve this problem and was not intended to
solve it. I think it is a fundamental part of the universe that cannot
be "solved". Either producers standardize or consumers need to adapt.
The only thing REST versus SOAP can contribute (to this particular
problem) is changing the price of adaptation and/or standardization.

REST helps by standardizing certain things: the basic method names in
particular. But it can't solve an insoluable problem.

 Paul Prescod